Value of my car as a trade-in?

[JCL12]

Originally Posted by fragdude

If your going to trade in to a dealer, my personal belief is "f*ck em." You can power wash the bottom of your car and eliminate signs of an RMS leak. They wont know for a while (couple weeks or 100 miles). To a dealer, this is NBD. The part costs 16 bucks and labor doesn't really cost them anything (except having their tech do the work). Its a dick move, but they prolly will just sell it to the next guy the same way if/when they find out. Thats what happened to me. Bought my car from a dealer with a leaky RMS that had been power washed clean. On the bright side, I prolly need a new clutch anyhow so w/e.

That is very unethical

But you gave me an idea...not that I would be opposed to taking 1K less on the car for its mechanical shape.